Section 25
SEC. 25. Chapter five, article two, of Act Numbered Twenty-three hundred and thirty-nine is hereby amended by inserting the following section: "SEC. 183A. Unlawful removal of mining products.— Any concessionaire, manager, owner, or person in charge of any mining products upon which the ad valorem tax herein imposed is applicable, who unlawfully removes, or who allows or procures the unlawful removal of any such products from the place where mined, upon which said ad valorem tax has not been paid in the time and manner required, and every person who knowingly aids or abets in the removal of such articles as aforesaid or conceals the same after their illegal removal, shall for the first offense be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand pesos or imprisonment for not longer than six months, or both, and the products so unlawfully removed shall be forfeited. In case of reincidence the offender under this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than two years, and if the offense be committed by the concessionaire, owner, or manager of the mine, or by his connivance, the mining concession and all mining rights in the property, including the machinery and apparatus used in and about the mine, and all the products unlawfully removed shall be forfeited to the Government."